Richard boersig



(No Model.)

R.BOERSIG.

sTovE.

Patented.Feb.26,l889.

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STOVE.

SJEGIFICATN forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,694, dated February 26, 1889.

Application tiled October 8, 1888. SerialNo. 287.600. (No model.)

To @ZZ wim/.w it may concern:

Beit known that I, RICHARD. Bonnets, a citizen of the lfnited States, residing at Jew Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cooking-stoves; and it consists in certain improvements in the in terior construction whereby the draft is improved and rendered more uniform, thus eeonomizing fuel and improving the heating and cooking qualities of the stove.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a vertical section ot a stove containing my improvements, taken on the line l l, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a similar section taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on thclinefii 3,

In the drawings, Adcsignates the fireplace ot' the stove; B, the aslebox, and C the oyen. The direct tlue E, leading from the fireplace to the smoke-pipe l), is located centrally over the top ol the oven, and is regulated by the damper e in the usual manner.

lWhen it is desired to heat the oven or to check. thc draft, the damper e is made to close the tl ue E, in which case the products ot combustion take the course indicated in Fig. l and by the arrow l, Fig. 2, passin first from the fircqn'it through the top side tiues, G, over 'the o\'en,thence downward through the outer rear corner tlues, II, to the bottom side tiues, I, Fig. 3, below the oven, whence they are directed into the central bottom tine, J, and pass thence to the central rear Ilue, Ix'., and out to the smoke-pipe. The course of this circulating-flue is not, ot' itself, novel; but heretofore it has been customary to make the turns from one part or passage thereof to another angular. This resultsin eddies in the corners, which constitute a check to the products of combustion at cach corner or angle and materially impair the drat't. In order to overM come this objection and insure a practically continuous, uniform, and unimpeded drat't, I place in the angles at the junction of the different dratt-passages curved guide-plates- Those at the uppcrportions ol' the tlues Hare designated g, those at the bottom 7l, and that at the bottom of tlue K as lo. These guideplates are preferably formed of sheet metal,

and are con tined in place either by being slid, sprung, or otherwise forced behind lugs d formed therefor on the stove-plates, or otherwise secured thereto, as by bolts. This enables them to be readily removed and replaced should it become necessary from any cause, as by reason of the breakage of a part or for cleaning the stove. y

There are openings in the top stove-plate over the dues H, covered by lids, to render access to such tiues easy.

The two outer tlues, I, below the oyen are separated from the central Iiue, J, except at their front ends, by partitions L L, the front portions of which are in the form of sliding plates L L', sliding between lips on the bottom of the oyen-plate and on the top of the bottom plate of the store, and which maybe operated by the handles l to adjust the sizes ot' the passages from the `tlues I to the flue J.

The cu ryed plates ).I, by which the products ot coniluistion are directed from the tlucs I into the :iue J', are arranged tangential to the outer side walls of the iiues I some dista-nce back from their front ends, as shown in Fig. 3, where they are secured, and extend past the ends ot the tlues I to a vertical line opposite the center of the tlue J, where they meet to t'orin an inward-projecting cdgc,o. I have disco Vered that by the `use of these plates, ptn-ticularl)v when combined with the sliding plates L and attached in the manner described, the bottom of the oven is more uniformly heated than has heretofore been cusA tomary, so that articles are baked equally as well at t-hc sides ot' the oven as at the center, and also the danger o'l` such articles becomin g burned on the bottom before they are otherwise cooked red uced to a minimum.

'ly preference I Yform each plate M of two parts, m m, the former being the outer parts attached to the walls of the lines I, while the latter parts, m', are cast with or secured to a removable door, P, closing an opening from the ash-box B into the tiues I and J, through which they are cleaned.

NVthont limiting myself to the precise arrangement and location of parts shown, I claiml. In a stove, the co1nbination,With an oven, of the lfines I I and J below the oven, and separated by the partitions L, except at one end of the stove, Where the said lines communicate, and the sliding plates L, substantially as described.

2. In a stove, the combii'iatiomwith an oven, offlues I I and J below the oven, the partitions separating such fines constituted in part by the sliding plates L at their ends, and the curved delieoting-plates IWI, substantially as described.

3. `In a stove, the combination of the Hues I I and J, an opening into the said iines closed Witnesses:

MICHAEL ZIER, GEORGE J S'rRoBnL. 

